# Can't start elasticsearch service **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 3, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elasticsearch-service/313607 "2022-09-03T18:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![juancamiloll](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/juancamiloll/32/110326_2.png) [@juancamiloll](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/juancamiloll)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elasticsearch-service/313607/1 "2022-09-03T18:52:55Z")
Hello, I am trying to start the elasticsearch service with the command **systemctl start elasticsearch** but I am getting this message ```auto Job for elasticsearch.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status elasticsearch.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. ``` this is the current state of elasticsearch when running a systemctl status elasticsearch ```auto systemctl status elasticsearch ● elasticsearch.service - Elasticsearch Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sat 2022-09-03 13:40:16 -05; 2min 37s ago Docs: http://www.elastic.co Process: 20405 ExecStart=/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch -p ${PID_DIR}/elasticsearch.pid --quiet (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Main PID: 20405 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE) Sep 03 13:40:16 vm-Name_of_my_Server elasticsearch[20405]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:693) Sep 03 13:40:16 vm-Name_of_my_Server elasticsearch[20405]: at java.base/java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.create(TempFileHelper.java:135) Sep 03 13:40:16 vm-Name_of_my_Server elasticsearch[20405]: at java.base/java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.createTempDirectory(TempFileHelper.java:172) Sep 03 13:40:16 vm-Name_of_my_Server elasticsearch[20405]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createTempDirectory(Files.java:1010) Sep 03 13:40:16 vm-Name_of_my_Server elasticsearch[20405]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.Launchers.createTempDirectory(Launchers.java:66) Sep 03 13:40:16 vm-Name_of_my_Server elasticsearch[20405]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.TempDirectory.main(TempDirectory.java:54) Sep 03 13:40:16 vm-Name_of_my_Server systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Sep 03 13:40:16 vm-Name_of_my_Server systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. Sep 03 13:40:16 vm-Name_of_my_Server systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Unit entered failed state. Sep 03 13:40:16 vm-Name_of_my_Server systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. ``` When I go to the /etc/elasticsearch path and try to open the elasticsearch.yml file using nano I get the following message " **[Error reading lock file ./.elasticsearch.yml.swp: Not enough data read]**" with this I understand from my ignorance that it may be the cause thank you help me to solve this problem ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/f/af1e2ffdd69d555f9f0fbfdba491cc1cccbd90c1.png) ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elasticsearch-service/313607/2 "2022-09-03T19:52:58Z")
What does `sudo journalctl --unit elasticsearch` Show? The nano thing looks like you don't have privilege to edit the file. ```auto cd /etc/elasticsearch ls -la ``` ---
**Author:** ![juancamiloll](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/juancamiloll/32/110326_2.png) [@juancamiloll](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/juancamiloll)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elasticsearch-service/313607/3 "2022-09-03T20:02:10Z")
> [@stephenb](#): > > `sudo journalctl --unit elasticsearch` Hello, thank you very much for answering **sudo journalctl --unit elasticsearch** ```auto -- Logs begin at Sat 2022-09-03 09:43:46 -05, end at Sat 2022-09-03 14:56:42 -05. -- Sep 03 12:51:06 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: Stopping Elasticsearch... Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: Stopped Elasticsearch. Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch... Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[8083]: Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.FileSystemException: /tmp/elasticsearch-15990650543455083721: No space left o Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[8083]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:100) Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[8083]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111) Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[8083]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116) Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[8083]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:389) Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[8083]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:693) Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[8083]: at java.base/java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.create(TempFileHelper.java:135) Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[8083]: at java.base/java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.createTempDirectory(TempFileHelper.java:172) Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[8083]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createTempDirectory(Files.java:1010) Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[8083]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.Launchers.createTempDirectory(Launchers.java:66) Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[8083]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.TempDirectory.main(TempDirectory.java:54) Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Unit entered failed state. Sep 03 12:51:12 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch... Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9195]: Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.FileSystemException: /tmp/elasticsearch-13993745165102556584: No space left o Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9195]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:100) Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9195]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111) Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9195]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116) Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9195]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:389) Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9195]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:693) Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9195]: at java.base/java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.create(TempFileHelper.java:135) Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9195]: at java.base/java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.createTempDirectory(TempFileHelper.java:172) Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9195]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createTempDirectory(Files.java:1010) Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9195]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.Launchers.createTempDirectory(Launchers.java:66) Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9195]: at org.elasticsearch.tools.launchers.TempDirectory.main(TempDirectory.java:54) Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: Failed to start Elasticsearch. Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Unit entered failed state. Sep 03 12:52:53 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Sep 03 12:53:17 vm-NameOfServer systemd[1]: Starting Elasticsearch... Sep 03 12:53:18 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9550]: Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.FileSystemException: /tmp/elasticsearch-12676006695491231883: No space left o Sep 03 12:53:18 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9550]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:100) Sep 03 12:53:18 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9550]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111) Sep 03 12:53:18 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9550]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:116) Sep 03 12:53:18 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9550]: at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createDirectory(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:389) Sep 03 12:53:18 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9550]: at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createDirectory(Files.java:693) Sep 03 12:53:18 vm-NameOfServer elasticsearch[9550]: at java.base/java.nio.file.TempFileHelper.create(TempFileHelper.java:135) ``` **cd /etc/elasticsearch** **ls -la** ```auto ls -la total 56 drwxr-s--- 2 root elasticsearch 4096 Sep 3 14:18 . drwxr-xr-x 85 root root 4096 Aug 3 14:19 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root elasticsearch 76 Jul 28 2021 .elasticsearch.keystore.initial_md5sum -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 199 Jul 28 2021 elasticsearch.keystore -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 3005 Jun 23 22:27 elasticsearch.yml -rw-r----- 1 root elasticsearch 3007 Jun 23 22:26 elasticsearch.yml.bak -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 2416 Sep 3 13:16 jvm.options -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 17545 Feb 5 2020 log4j2.properties -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 473 Feb 5 2020 role_mapping.yml -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 197 Feb 5 2020 roles.yml -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 0 Feb 5 2020 users -rw-rw---- 1 root elasticsearch 0 Feb 5 2020 users_roles ``` I have run the command **ls -a** and was able to find the . swp and deleted it I tried to start the elasticsearch service again but it still does not start, it seems that this swp file was not related to the problem. ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elasticsearch-service/313607/4 "2022-09-03T20:04:27Z")
> [@juancamiloll](#): > > `main" java.nio.file.FileSystemException: /tmp/elasticsearch-15990650543455083721: No space left` You have no space on `/tmp` ---
**Author:** ![juancamiloll](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/juancamiloll/32/110326_2.png) [@juancamiloll](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/juancamiloll)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elasticsearch-service/313607/5 "2022-09-03T20:12:39Z")
this contains the path /tmp/ ```auto **ls -la** total 148 drwxrwxrwt 37 root root 4096 Sep 3 15:10 . drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Jun 23 22:23 .. drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 23 09:05 .ICE-unix drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 23 09:05 .Test-unix drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 23 09:05 .X11-unix drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 23 09:05 .XIM-unix drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Jun 23 09:05 .font-unix drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Aug 8 22:52 chromium-4NE4Rr drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Aug 8 22:05 chromium-83svvC drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Jul 18 14:24 chromium-8UNR56 drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Jun 23 22:30 chromium-E96KXd drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Sep 1 00:21 chromium-IN8Ltk drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Jul 18 14:16 chromium-IOh2S0 drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Jul 18 14:07 chromium-LkXDeJ drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Aug 11 21:08 chromium-LvWqJb drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Jun 23 22:39 chromium-Ns74E9 drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Jul 18 14:33 chromium-W4NL6a drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Aug 11 20:59 chromium-WLeFnm drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Aug 1 03:42 chromium-hROSRj drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Aug 31 13:34 chromium-hYfiXn drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Aug 16 16:34 chromium-hnR7TH drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Jun 23 22:51 chromium-iZa1Rt drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Aug 5 14:26 chromium-jm3Aw9 drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Jul 1 00:05 chromium-l0FzxJ drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Aug 30 17:48 chromium-oYQIbj drwx------ 3 kibana kibana 4096 Jun 30 21:56 chromium-yoV4hi drwx------ 2 elasticsearch elasticsearch 4096 Jun 23 11:02 elasticsearch-7976603994365740536 drwxr-xr-x 2 elasticsearch elasticsearch 4096 Jun 23 11:08 hsperfdata_elasticsearch drwxr-xr-x 2 logstash logstash 4096 Sep 3 15:10 hsperfdata_logstash -rw-r--r-- 1 logstash logstash 0 Sep 3 15:10 jffi5340943425578139866.so drwxr-xr-x 2 logstash logstash 4096 Jul 18 14:23 jruby-13497 drwxr-xr-x 2 logstash logstash 4096 Jul 18 14:31 jruby-18491 drwxr-xr-x 2 logstash logstash 4096 Sep 3 14:56 jruby-22196 drwxr-xr-x 2 logstash logstash 4096 Jun 23 16:55 jruby-26919 drwxr-xr-x 2 logstash logstash 4096 Aug 11 22:23 jruby-29518 drwxr-xr-x 2 logstash logstash 4096 Aug 31 13:31 jruby-31745 drwxr-xr-x 2 logstash logstash 4096 Jun 23 10:35 jruby-4791 drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jun 23 09:05 systemd-private-6e7f7ba50c0249c8878a561b157cd2cd-systemd-timesyncd.service-SKjW27 ``` ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elasticsearch-service/313607/6 "2022-09-03T20:43:50Z")
You have no disk space left in /tmp. `df -h` You need to free up disk space ---
**Author:** ![juancamiloll](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/juancamiloll/32/110326_2.png) [@juancamiloll](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/juancamiloll)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elasticsearch-service/313607/7 "2022-09-03T21:58:45Z")
I see a partition that is at 100% ```auto df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on udev 16G 0 16G 0% /dev tmpfs 3.2G 306M 2.9G 10% /run /dev/sda1 30G 29G 0 100% / tmpfs 16G 28K 16G 1% /dev/shm tmpfs 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock tmpfs 16G 0 16G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sdb1 63G 53M 60G 1% /mnt/resource tmpfs 3.2G 0 3.2G 0% /run/user/1000 /dev/sdc1 4.0T 3.1T 704G 82% /opt ``` ---
**Author:** ![stephenb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stephenb/32/40856_2.png) [@stephenb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/stephenb)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elasticsearch-service/313607/8 "2022-09-03T23:33:35Z")
Yep, you need to clean up and make some disk space on `/` ---
**Author:** ![juancamiloll](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/juancamiloll/32/110326_2.png) [@juancamiloll](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/juancamiloll)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elasticsearch-service/313607/9 "2022-09-03T23:36:43Z")
actually that was the reason Thank you very much for your help ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cant-start-elasticsearch-service/313607/10 "2022-10-01T23:37:32Z")
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